Driving over lemons by Chris Stewart

I enjoyed the book, it's positivist approach to poverty and anti-consumerist message. For me the most revealing bits were the great insight into Spanish culture, especially how they stand aside and let a friend suffer some minor loss, so that in the long run he might learn from his bad decision. I also enjoyed the transactional nature of human society, how we need others to help us and in return have to help them in their hour of need in order to survive and flourish. This book is a story of triumph of the human being over nature, indeed a very motivating story.